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Registered charity · Devon

South West Lakes Trust

2 Objects2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:(a) The protection and conservation for the public benefit of the natural environment in areas within the South West of England (the “Area of Benefit”); (b) the provision in such parts of the Area of...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Cornwall, Devon, Somerset
Website
www.swlakestrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
South West Lakes Trust
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.5m£5.8m
  • 2024£5.4m£5.6m
  • 2023£4.7m£5.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.3m£4.7m
  • 2021£4.0m£3.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2 Objects2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:(a) The protection and conservation for the public benefit of the natural environment in areas within the South West of England (the “Area of Benefit”); (b) the provision in such parts of the Area of Benefit as is appropriate of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare both of the public at large and of persons who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances; (c) the education of the public as to flora, fauna, ecology and the natural environment and the conservation of the same; (d) the conservation and preservation for the public benefit of sites, objects and buildings of special archaeological and historic interest within the Area of Benefit; and(e) the promotion of citizenship or community development within the Area of Benefit; where the same shall be exclusively charitable.

Grants received

14 grants · £1,233,851 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £944,455 (5 grants)
  • Sport England · £175,000
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £93,148 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £16,380
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,868

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £14,9822024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,8202024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £53,5002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,1212024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £9,9912023-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Amateur Sport 7Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 13Professional services 7Business services 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.8 in 2021

145 from 99 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079966
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MARCH 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 JUNE 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JANUARY 2008.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 AUG 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUL 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 SEP 2017 as amended on 23 Oct 2019 as amended on 27 Sep 2023
Companies House
Company number 03946529 · Active
Contact on the register
01566771930 · info@swlakestrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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